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Farming & the land, 1893

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Ball at Booligal Wool Shed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 October 1893 · page 4

A nicer evening for dancing could not have been desired than that of the 12th instant, when the ball in aid of the Hay Hospital took place in the Booligal station…

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Concerning Cream and Butter

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 5

It has generally been believed that milk to yield cream most perfectly in cold weather, most be kept in a war atmosphere. Some experiment that I have made…

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Dalgety's Weekly Wool Sale. MELBOURNE, Oct. 23rd

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 2

We held our opening wool sale for the present season today, when we offered 2100 bales to a crowded attendance of buyers, the number of whom is considerably larger…

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Farm and Garden

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 5

The grower should understand at once that choice berries are always in demand, at good prices, and the market is never overstocked…

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Rape As Sheep Feed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1893 · page 14

The following letter from Mr. P. R. Gordon, Inspector of Stock, appeared in last week’s Queenslander. It is well worth the attention of out farmers…

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Albury Wool Sales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1893 · page 21

The second wool sale for this season will be held in the wool rooms to-day, when the brokers will submit over 250 bales for competition. A good attendance of buyers is assured, and the…

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The Agriculturist. the Wool Must Be Fed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 October 1893 · page 1

Dropping the wool is a frequent [?] with [?]p. There are many different explanations for this annoyance to the [?] master, but few of these hint at all [?] the…

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Fire on a Train. One Hundred and Thirty Bales of Wool Destroyed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1893 · page 18

Three trucks, containing 130 bales of wool, on the Cobar to Nyngan mail train on Tuesday caught fire and were totally destroyed, The wool was from Budgeree, Badooba, and…

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The Farm and Garden. Work for the Week

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1893 · page 13

THE KITCHEN GARDEN.—Turnips being in every day demand, the supply must be maintained by frequent Bowings, for they soon become stringy and unfitted for use in this…

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Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1893 · page 16

We learn from the hon. secretary of this association that the greater number of the delegates who attended the Cootamundra conference have notified that their unions hare accepted…

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Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 October 1893 · page 1

The annual meeting of the members of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday last. Mr J. F. Carmichael, the retiring President, occupied the…

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Meeting of Sheep Directors

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 28 October 1893 · page 2

A MEETING of the Board of Sheep Director's was held on Wednesday afternoon. Present—Mr J. Dill (in the chair), and Messrs. D. Grant and Jas Anderson…

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Open Column. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 October 1893 · page 3

SIR,—Would you inform me through your columns when the Carrington Stakes, won by Too Soon, was run, the day of the week and the year, and also the owner’s name. Thanking you in…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening. October 27, 1893

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 October 1893 · page 2

The weather has been very hot during the week, Thursday being the hottest day of the [?] when the [?]…

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Melbourne Wool Markets (Dalgety and Company Limited). Melbourne, October 25

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 October 1893 · page 2

WOOL—We held our opening wool sale for the present season on Monday last, when we offered 2100 bales to a crowded attendance of [?], the number of whom is considerably larger than last season. Our catalogue comprised chiefly…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. [?] Australasian Mortgage and [?] Company Limited, Melbourne. Tuesday, October 24

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 October 1893 · page 3

[?] to-day 1350 bales, and sold 1270 bales, [?] was brisk but a little irregular. Low wools [?] firm, and better sorts a shade easier. Greasy [?] in 9d ; Willow Park crossbred and…

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Farm and Garden

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 October 1893 · page 2

Live bees can now be forwarded through the post office all over the French territory Every portion of the grapevine is used in Switzerland, the stems and leaves serving as…

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The Melting Point of Butter

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 1 November 1893 · page 6

For years Danish butter has commanded a higher price in the English market than butter from Friceland, the leading dairy province at Holland, because it does not…

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Farm and Garden

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 1 November 1893 · page 6

Farm stock is often kept too long for profit. Sheep decline very rapidly after six years old, and in best sold at five. Cows may retain their usefulness until twelve…

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Tidy Up the Farm

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 1 November 1893 · page 6

In travelling through the country, when a tidy-looking farm is passed, with fences in good order, buildings looking neat and trim, trees trimmed and clean, we know the…

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